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15 Sep 2011

Yugoslavian ENTER THE NINJA pub pics

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

These are from a set of POORLY repro’d press/publicity photos from Enter the Ninja‘s Yugoslavian theatrical release. Wonder if that amazing Kosugi credit sequence had the same craze-launching lighting bolt effect on European audiences that it did for us?

Enter the Ninja, Sho Kosugi
27 Jul 2011

Kosugi Decapitated!

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

This is a press still from the climax of Enter the Ninja, which shows some great detail all but missed is the actual film. I guess if you paused the DVD or Blu-Ray of Enter at the right instant, you … Continued

Enter the Ninja, Sho Kosugi
7 Jul 2011

PRAY FOR DEATH press images

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 2

When 1985’s Pray for Death was released, we were none the wiser that Sho Kosugi and Cannon Films had parted ways, and that this began his struggles to get a decent budget and good distribution for his shinobi-centric vehicles. To … Continued

Pray for Death, Sho Kosugi
10 Mar 2011

The ones that lasted, the ones we’ve made, and the one that got away

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 6 - History and Martial Arts | 7

At the apex of the 80’s ninja boom, I was in my early teens, had disposable income from odd jobs and a dad willing to put his name as an adult on a mail-in order to a martial arts supply … Continued

Ninja-To, Sho Kosugi
9 Feb 2011

REVENGE OF THE NINJA soundtrack album

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 4 - Collectibles | 14

The Revenge of the Ninja OST is one of the finest pieces of action movie synth released in the 80s, if not the best. Nothing will inspire your fog-shrouded weapons chest power-up montage like the soaring Asian-y keyboards of prolific … Continued

REVENGE OF THE NINJA, Robert J. Walsh, Sho Kosugi, Soundtracks

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